We love our keyboard shortcuts, as they help us get around our computers much faster every day. Here are seven you may not know about on the Mac that can boost your productivity by making navigation easier and performing tasks faster. »11/14/13 12:00pm 11/14/13 12:00pm

OS X (and Linux!): As much as we love the command line, because it can do so much more so much faster in many cases, you can make a mistake pretty easily. If you do, just wipe out everything you typed in an instant with a simple keyboard shortcut: Control+U. »6/10/13 1:30pm 6/10/13 1:30pm

OS X: My roommate recently lost her voice, and that's been a challenge because we talk a lot. To fix the problem, we decided to get her Mac to talk for her. This is easy enough if you just use the TextEdit app included with OS X, but it gets a little tedious because you have to access the menu each time. Here are a… »12/20/12 1:00pm 12/20/12 1:00pm

Lifehacker readers and writers are a tech-savvy bunch, and many of us can't imagine living without our keyboard shortcuts that save us so much time every day. They're so useful that it's often hard to watch a less-knowledgeable friend or family member point and click their way to everything. If you want to get them on… »11/05/12 3:30pm 11/05/12 3:30pm

OS X: Sleep helps you keep your Mac from drawing too much power or running low on battery, but sometimes you want to keep it awake for various reasons. Software blog Addictive Tips points to a helpful Terminal command new in OS X Mountain Lion that can keep your Mac awake for a set period of time. »8/09/12 1:00pm 8/09/12 1:00pm

Setting the default app for a file can be accomplished in a number of ways, such as getting info on the file in the Finder and making your selection. If you want to save yourself a little time, however, just right click on the file and choose "Open With" while holding the option key. This will change the command to… »7/24/12 12:30pm 7/24/12 12:30pm

Mac OS X: Learning keyboard shortcuts is one of the best ways to enhance your productivity, but there are tons to learn—especially when you count individual applications' own special shortcuts. CheatSheet is your Mac shortcuts friend: The free utility quickly summons a list of all keyboard shortcuts for the app you're… »5/24/12 8:30am 5/24/12 8:30am

For a lot of Mac users some of the best customization tips come in the form of simple Terminal commands, but keeping track of all of those can be a bit difficult. To help manage all these Terminal hacks GitHub user Mathias Bynens created a list of the 65 best Terminal commands. »4/09/12 8:30am 4/09/12 8:30am

OS X: Dropzone is a neat little app that seems like a basic file sharing utility, but when you look further you'll find it actually provides fantastic shortcuts for moving, copying, and uploading files, perform various tasks, and use information. Everything is handled via drag-and-drop, saving you time with common,… »3/09/12 12:00pm 3/09/12 12:00pm

Quick Look is one of OS X's best features. Just highlight a file and press the space bar, and you can see a preview of the file. It works best with video and music, but some documents are out in the cold, folders and archives just don't work well, and other file types just don't display properly. With these handy… »3/08/12 5:00am 3/08/12 5:00am

One of the annoying features of the system-wide spell check on Mac's is the fact you have to grab your mouse, right-click the word, and then click again to select the word. Macworld shows off how accomplish the same thing with just the keyboard. »3/06/12 7:00am 3/06/12 7:00am

Mac: Here's a great way to quickly forward a link to a web page you're reading: hit command, shift, and "i" and an email message will automatically open with the page title in the subject and the link in the body. »1/30/12 9:30am 1/30/12 9:30am

Previewing a document in Mac OS X Lion using Quick Look? Want to open it in an application instead? You don't have to use the default application that Quick Look suggests in the top righthand corner of the preview window. Just click and hold down on the "Open with..." button to see several available options. »1/24/12 3:00pm 1/24/12 3:00pm

When you're typing a word you don't know or remember how to spell, you can quickly get a list of suggestions by pressing the escape key in most OS X text editors. Just type as much of the word as you know, press escape, and OS X will offer up as many possibilities as it knows. You can look through the list and find… »12/28/11 12:30pm 12/28/11 12:30pm

When you click in the well of a scrollbar in Mac OS X, one of two things occurs, depending on your preference: you either jump to the location you clicked or you scroll up/down one entire page length. In general you'll choose the scrolling option you prefer, but sometimes you'll want to switch things up. Fortunately,… »12/12/11 3:00pm 12/12/11 3:00pm

Your spacebar is an excellent timesaver on your Mac if you know how to use it. One great use is open spring-loaded folders in an instant. If you're not familiar, your Mac's folders are spring-loaded by default. This means that when you drag something on top of them, they'll open automatically if you just wait a few… »12/05/11 3:00pm 12/05/11 3:00pm

If you're a fan of the Stickies app on the Mac and want a really quick way to create sticky notes out of existing text, here's a keyboard shortcut that can save you some time. Just select any text from any source and press Command + Shift + Y. This will automatically open the Stickies application (if it's not open… »10/25/11 2:00pm 10/25/11 2:00pm

Maybe you love Mac OS X Lion's new full screen mode or maybe you hate it. Either way, you'll be better off knowing this little shortcut because it can get you in and out of full screen mode faster—whether you want to be in it or not. »10/20/11 2:00pm 10/20/11 2:00pm